Engraved Colonial Patch Box Plate, US Calvary bit boss, 1803 LC

[OutdoorAdv]

I was able to spend another 9 hours in the field today with my Deus. I wasn't easy hunting as all these finds made me work pretty hard with another 30lbs+ of iron. This was my second trip out with the Deus. This time I tried some of the factory preset programs and managed to pick the DB LC and the Bit Boss from an area I have personally pounded with two other machines. Neither were deep (6 inches), but both were masked. The Deus Fast program made both of them show up with a smooth signal in two directions... pretty awesome but I still have a lot to learn with this new machine.

This is my second US Bit Boss and second 1803 LC from this same area. I also got the usual tombac and pewter buttons.



What made the hunt for me today was this musket patch box plate that I couldn't identify and posted a "what is it" with some great feedback. (Thank you OWK and deepsecrets for the ID) Its hand engraved with some arrows tied together with a bow (I thought it was a snake at first) and a design around the border. This thing was deep... so deep pinpointing was off by about 6 inches and I am very lucky I didn't nick it. This thing is awesome. What I like the most is that its done by hand and clearly a unique piece.



*Edit: after a little more tooth picking


I was lucky to get a date off the LC. Actually they only part I can clearly see is the "03".



Here are the two bit bosses together... the other bit boss I dug close by a few months ago. Different styles, perhaps there are a couple more there somewhere. (The other relics in this picture were also dug in the same area)






Not shown are a couple nice iron relics I dug... in queue to get into the electrolysis tank. A couple knives and a nice early-mid 1800's fork. But the best is an iron boot heal plate that I think will clean up nice.

 

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[OutdoorAdv]

Man do you make iron look so good.. Thanks for posting that.

Thanks man! It cleans up nice sometimes. I like the forks and knives.

I'd say you are taking to that new Deus real quick! That big brass no doubt was very welcome when it showed up in the hole- you did very well on this hunt!

Thanks Keith! I'm really enjoying it, but have a lot to learn still. I made a cool headphone adapter with the ws4 adapter plate... So I can Velcro it onto any set of headphones and slide on the puck. Hope to get some more hunting in the next couple weeks.

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

Nice find on the patch box lid, it looks similar to some I've seen on Pennsylvania Rifles, and the wheat motif makes me think it's going to be Colonial era.